Wildland Fire Management AAS

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Wildland Fire Management

Skills

Job Outlook

Description and Outcomes

PROGRAM CODE: AAS.WLDLNDMGMT

This program provides education and training that can lead to seasonal employment in wildland firefighting or to the first step to a career in fire management, the forest industry or park service. There are many career tracks in the field of wildland firefighting and forestry. It’s exciting work that requires fundamental survival, safety and firefighting training and skills. It is also important to be physically fit, work well in a team environment, and respond quickly and efficiently to emergencies.

Clackamas Community College is a certified training site recognized by the Pacific Northwest Wildfire Coordinating Group (PNWCG), the Oregon Department of Forestry, and federal fire management agencies. Program instructors are National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) certified and offer 15‐30 years of wildland firefighting experience. Many of the courses carry NWCG certification as well as college credit.

RELATED INSTRUCTION OUTCOMES

Computation (1 course- MTH-050 Technical Mathematics I or MTH-065 Algebra II)

Use appropriate mathematics to solve problems

Communication (1 course - WR‐101 Workplace Writing or WR‐121Z Composition I)

Read actively, think critically, and write purposefully and capably for professional audiences

Human Relations (3‐4 credits ‐ see catalog for course list)

Engage in ethical communication processes that accomplish goals

Physical Education/Health/Safety/First Aid (1 course ‐ FRP-246 Wilderness IV: Backcountry CPR/First Aid/AED)

Use eﬀective life skills to improve and maintain mental and physical wellbeing

PROGRAM OUTCOMES

Upon successful completion of this program, students should be able to:

evaluate hazards in the wilderness, forest and fire environments;

design a plan appropriate to the fire or incident situation;

execute the plan based on the appropriate strategy, tactics and incident objectives;

eﬀectively communicate with pertinent individuals to accomplish the mission and/or incident objectives;

successfully lead, supervise and direct incident personnel at the appropriate level of organization.

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Continuing Education for Firefighters

Wildland Refresher Training (RT-130)

Work Capacity (Pack) Test

Wildland Fire Management Core Requirements

Complete the following Core Requirements

BI-103
General Biology; Plants & the Ecosystem
4

BI-103L
General Biology; Plants & The Ecosystem Lab
0

FRP-101
Basic Forest Management
3

FRP-102
Basic Forest Management Lab
1

FRP-110
Basic Wildland Fire Investigation (FI-110)
1

FRP-130
Introduction to Wildland Firefighting (S-130/S-190/ICS-100/IS-700/L-180)
2

FRP-131
Advanced Firefighter Training (S-131/S-133)
1

FRP-200
Basic Incident Command System (I-100, I-200, IS-700, IS-800)
4

FRP-205
Forest Management Assessments and Inventories
3

FRP-211
Portable Pumps and Water Use (S-211)
2

FRP-212
Wildfire Power Saws (S-212)
2

FRP-215
Fire Operations in the Urban Interface (S-215)
2

FRP-220
Initial Attack Incident Commander (S-200)
1

FRP-230
Crew Boss (Single Resource) (S-230)
2

FRP-231
Engine Boss (Single Resource) (S-231)
1

FRP-243
Wilderness I: Psychology of Survival
3

FRP-244
Wilderness II: Basic Land Navigation (S-244)
3

FRP-245
Wilderness III: Weather of the Northwest
2

FRP-249
Followership to Leadership (L-280)
2

FRP-250
Wilderness VI: Basic Tool Use and Care
1

FRP-265
Wildland Fire Prevention Education 1 (P-101)
3

FRP-270
Basic Air Operations (S-270)
1

FRP-275
Wildland Fire Management 1
4

FRP-290
Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior (S-290)
3

GIS-101
Principles of Geospatial Technology
2

GIS-201
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
3

Total Credits Required: 91-94